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Beautiful little Zebra finch in the wild.

Life

Zebra finch songs alter the behaviour of their chicks' mitochondria

In warm weather, zebra finches sing heat calls to their unborn offspring, and this programs the nestlings to produce less heat inside their cells

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Crop - Reconstruction of the Haast?s eagle (Artist: Katrina Kenny)

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Extinct New Zealand bird hunted like an eagle and ate like a vulture

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Stunning bird photos showcase the diversity of our avian friends

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Stunning bird photos showcase the diversity of our avian friends

Video

Black-browed Babbler

Video

Watch first footage of Asia’s long-lost bird, the black-browed babbler

Video

Birds in the Amazon are adapting to climate change by getting smaller

Life

Birds in the Amazon are adapting to climate change by getting smaller

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Black-browed babbler

Life

Watch first footage of Asia’s long-lost bird, the black-browed babbler

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common waxbills

Life

Red feathers determine which common waxbill is the boss

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Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Environment

Falling bird numbers mean quieter birdsong in Europe and North America

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Life

Barn owls make mental maps of their surroundings while they are flying

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Chucao Tapaculo (Scelorchilus rubecula)

Life

Birds in Patagonia have a surprising taste for truffles

Truffles, the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, rely on mammals to eat them and spread their spores – and in Patagonia, it turns out birds help with dispersal too

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Sri Lanka's civil war left a lasting fear in the country's birds

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Birds flocked to North American cities during covid-19 lockdowns

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Wild cockatoos make utensils out of tree branches to open fruit pits

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Life

Quiz: Can you identify these UK birds from their songs?

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